Border Pennine Alps

Wind slabs and wet snow represent the main danger. The avalanche danger will already increase in the late morning.

Wind slabs and wet snow represent the main danger. The avalanche danger will already increase in the late morning.

The weather will be very warm. As a consequence of warming during the day and solar radiation moist and wet avalanches are to be expected from the late morning. Medium-sized and, in isolated cases, large natural avalanches are possible in particular on steep sunny slopes. Low altitudes: On very steep grassy slopes these can slide on the ground. As a consequence of new snow and a moderate to strong wind, sometimes avalanche prone wind slabs formed in the last few days in high Alpine regions. Wind slabs can be released and reach medium size. Off-piste activities call for experience in the assessment of avalanche danger and careful route selection. Backcountry tours should be started and concluded early.

The surface of the snowpack is frozen, but not to a significant depth and will soften during the day. In the last few days numerous small and medium-sized avalanches were observed. The spring-like weather conditions will give rise to increasing settling of the snowpack in particular at low and intermediate altitudes. At intermediate and high altitudes a very large amount of snow is lying.

As a consequence of falling temperatures, the natural avalanche activity will decrease.